Although most businesses have a dedicated team of IT personnel, it can be very difficult to find an employee with the IT knowledge, writing skills, and available time to draft quality policies and procedures. This book was designed for businesses that require a controlled IT environment based on a set of core policies and procedures. Whether you require policies and procedures for compliance or just need to develop a solid foundation for Information Technology General Computer Controls (ITGCC's), this book will provide the framework you need. This book provides detailed policies and procedures that can be adapted to any IT department. Developing a strong policy or procedure is as simple as looking it up in the table of contents and re-writing it to match your IT operating environment.
By definition, information security exists to protect your organization's valuable information resources. But too often information security efforts are viewed as thwarting business objectives. An effective information security program preserves your information assets and helps you meet business objectives. Information Security Policies, Procedure
Administrators, more technically savvy than their managers, have started to secure the networks in a way they see as appropriate. When management catches up to the notion that security is important, system administrators have already altered the goals and business practices. Although they may be grateful to these people for keeping the network secure, their efforts do not account for all assets and business requirements Finally, someone decides it is time to write a security policy. Management is told of the necessity of the policy document, and they support its development. A manager or administrator is assigned to the task and told to come up with something, and fast! Once security policies are written, they must be treated as living documents. As technology and business requirements change, the policy must be updated to reflect the new environment--at least one review per year. Additionally, policies must include provisions for security awareness and enforcement while not impeding corporate goals. This book serves as a guide to writing and maintaining these all-important security policies.
Information Security Policies and Procedures: A Practitioner‘s Reference, Second Edition illustrates how policies and procedures support the efficient running of an organization. This book is divided into two parts, an overview of security policies and procedures, and an information security reference guide. This volume points out how securi
A step-by-step resource for clear communication of all types of policies and procedures. Policies and procedures - they're what make a company run efficiently and legally. Now managers have a definitive guide to creating accurate policies and procedures documents. The book is useful for professionals in such areas as: * health and safety * human resources * office management * administration * quality * manufacturing * customer service * finance and accounting. Readers will enjoy the unusually friendly, informal approach of this book. Loaded with examples, checklists, guidelines, quick tips, work plans, and forms, it is ready for immediate use. The book shows how to: * write (and design) documents clearly (so employees will understand and follow the policies) * plan, analyze, and research each element * help employees increase efficiency, reduce mistakes and frustration, and save time and money - by providing clear guidelines to follow * avoid legal mistakes that can get a company in trouble.
Computer security touches every part of our daily lives from our computers and connected devices to the wireless signals around us. Breaches have real and immediate financial, privacy, and safety consequences. This handbook has compiled advice from top professionals working in the real world about how to minimize the possibility of computer security breaches in your systems. Written for professionals and college students, it provides comprehensive best guidance about how to minimize hacking, fraud, human error, the effects of natural disasters, and more. This essential and highly-regarded reference maintains timeless lessons and is fully revised and updated with current information on security issues for social networks, cloud computing, virtualization, and more.
Your Information Security Policies and Procedures drive the security practices of your organizations critical business functions. These procedures will assist you in developing the best fitting security practices as it aligns to your organizations business operations across the enterprise!Comprehensive DocumentationInformation Security PolicyDepartmental Information Security ProceduresIT Standard Configuration GuidelinesThe Information Security Policy defines the boundaries for your organization and should have board level approval. These policies define how your organization wants to govern the business operations. For any policy the organization does not meet today, a corrective action plan should be developed defining milestones and completion time frames.Departmental Procedures map to the organizations Information Security Policy and define what that means within the standard business operations for the departments (Business Units) covering your enterprise. If a policy can not be meet due to business requirements, document the exception and request approval if needed. Developing the IT Standard Configuration Guidelines document will set the baseline requirements for any new and existing assets, solutions, it infrastructure used by your organization. These configuration guidelines are broken into 5 categories and assist you in setting best practice guidelines for your organization.ApplicationDatabaseDesktopNetworkServer
Information security teams are charged with developing and maintaining a set of documents that will protect the assets of an enterprise from constant threats and risks. In order for these safeguards and controls to be effective, they must suit the particular business needs of the enterprise. A guide for security professionals, Building an Eff
This groundbreaking book helps you master the management of information security, concentrating on the recognition and resolution of the practical issues of developing and implementing IT security for the enterprise. Drawing upon the authors' wealth of valuable experience in high-risk commercial environments, the work focuses on the need to align the information security process as a whole with the requirements of the modern enterprise, which involves empowering business managers to manage information security-related risk. Throughout, the book places emphasis on the use of simple, pragmatic risk management as a tool for decision-making. The first book to cover the strategic issues of IT security, it helps you to: understand the difference between more theoretical treatments of information security and operational reality; learn how information security risk can be measured and subsequently managed; define and execute an information security strategy design and implement a security architecture; and ensure that limited resources are used optimally. Illustrated by practical examples, this topical volume reveals the current problem areas in IT security deployment and management. Moreover, it offers guidelines for writing scalable and flexible procedures for developing an IT security strategy and monitoring its implementation. You discover an approach for reducing complexity and risk, and find tips for building a successful team and managing communications issues within the organization. This essential resource provides practical insight into contradictions in the current approach to securing enterprise-wide IT infrastructures, recognizes the need to continually challenge dated concepts, demonstrates the necessity of using appropriate risk management techniques, and evaluates whether or not a given risk is acceptable in pursuit of future business opportunities.
